Top Chef second season third-place winner Sam Talbot has seen the high tide at The Surf Lodge, who he’s been with since opening. He’s apparently moving on to opening something in the Caribbean, reports Grub Street. Read More
Unlike East or South Hampton, where the houses are large, the parties are loud, and the ladies wear city shoes, Montauk has always been described by locals as quiet and raw and untouched. But with the arrival of Surf Lodge last summer and the reopened Montauk Yacht Club this season, purchased by real estate heir Read More
Montauk, N.Y.—Despite overcast skies and evening temperatures dipping into the lower 60s, Memorial Day weekend marked the first exodus of the season to the Hamptons.
The stores along Main Street in East Hampton were servicing finicky shoppers; the brunch patrons at Surf Lodge on Sunday morning, May 24, recommended chef Sam Talbot‘s “Oh. My. God.” Read More
The creative director of Myla, an upscale lingerie brand, said the company chose Lydia Hearst to pose in ads because of her "amazing dynamic energy coupled with an intelligent sexuality." Or perhaps it’s because photos of New York socialites posing in garter belts will get you to click through. [NY Daily News]
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On Tuesday, June 24, just before 2 p.m., the Transom stepped into an elevator and all of a sudden found ourselves gazing at dreamy Top Chef contestant Sam Talbot.
Holy smokes! Er, who’s gonna win Top Chef season whatever?
“I don’t know,” said Mr. Talbot, who wore a tight black V-neck T-shirt Read More
Dave Martin, the runner-up in the first season of Bravo’s Top Chef, stepped off the plane from L.A. into a frigid New York City February, eager to seize the culinary reins of the new Cajun eatery Lola in Soho.
Mr. Martin was perhaps best known for uttering the line, “I’m not your bitch, bitch.” Read More
